...Hallyu began roughly 12 years ago when the rest of Asia discovered Korean soap operas. One of the breakthrough dramas was a series 'Winter Sonata' starring Choi Ji-woo & Bae Young-Joon. After that, more Korean dramas saw their way to foreign shores and Korean films and music started to follow suit. Korean marketing people started to see a Korea-centric trend. They dubbed this flow "The Korean Wave" or Hallyu....

2.3.13

[News] Song Jong Ho casting in a new historical drama.

[News] Song Jong Ho casting in a new historical drama.Cr. - sg.entertainment.yahoo

Song Jong Ho is casting in 'Destined'.

New KBS 2TV drama 'Destined' will premiere in April, and actor Song Jong Ho recently decided to make a cast.

'Destined' is a historical drama about a royal doctor who became a runaway after getting involved in an assassination plot, and Lee Dong Wook and Song Ji Hyo will be casting in the drama. Furthermore, it is drawing many drama fans' attention because PD Lee Jin Seo and writer Choi Min Ki will be making a collaboration.

In the drama, Song Jong Ho will be casting investigator Lee Jung Hwan. Lee Jung Hwan is an elite who has both intelligence and great martial arts skills.

This will be second historical drama for Song, and he said, "I'm very glad to cast in such a great piece of work, and I will do my best to show a great job. I'm going though a lot of preparation to cast as Lee Jung Hwan, so please give me a lot of support."